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No Birdtober this year but here’s a yellow wagtail I finished recently 🥲 #birdtober #yellowwagtail #inktober

22/10/02 00:28

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Birdtober Day 31. Pied Wagtail. Though it’s known to be a host species for cuckoo, the wagtail deserts its nest if it has been parasitised - possibly because it’s too small to push the intruding egg out, and too short-billed to destroy the egg #birdtober #inktober2021 #wagtail

21/11/01 05:03

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Birdtober Day 29. Pigeon (also known as Oreo) Unfledged baby doves and pigeons are called squabs. Cute. #birdtober #inktober2021 #pigeon

21/10/30 04:29

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Birdtober Day 26. Gannet. They have no external nostrils; they are located inside the mouth, instead. Hope he brushes his beak. #birdtober #inktober2021 #gannet

21/10/27 05:38

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Birdtober Day 25. Fieldfare. Fieldfares have even been known to ram magpies and jays in mid flight and some observers maintain that fieldfare “guards” are stationed on the periphery of nesting colonies to drive away would-be predators #birdtober #inktober2021 #day25 #fieldfare

21/10/26 05:08

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Birdtober Day 23. Blue Tit. The underparts is mostly sulphur-yellow with a dark line down the abdomen—the yellowness is indicative of the number of yellowy-green caterpillars eaten, due to high levels of carotene pigments in the diet. #inktober2021 #birdtober #bluetit

21/10/24 06:48

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Birdtober Day 22. House Sparrow. The oldest known wild house sparrow lived for nearly two decades; it was found dead 19 years and 9 months after it was ringed in Denmark. #birdtober #inktober2021 #housesparrow

21/10/23 06:33

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Birdtober Day 21. Sand Martin. Digs burrows in steep, sandy cliffs, usually around water. The tunnels it bores can be up to a metre in length, and at the end is a chamber where four or five eggs are laid on collected straw and feathers. #birdtober #inktober2021 #sandmartin

21/10/22 07:22

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Birdtober Day 20. Greenfinch. Dog ate my homework or something #birdtober #inktober2021 #greenfinch

21/10/21 08:16

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Birdtober Day 19. Waxwing. Some of the wing feathers have red tips, the resemblance of which to sealing wax gives these birds their common name. #birdtober #inktober2021 #waxwing

21/10/20 06:18

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Birdtober Day 18. Greylag Goose. John reckons they probably would taste good. I on the other hand, might just pick one up and run away with it. That’s facts. #birdtober #inktober2021 #greylag #goose

21/10/19 07:22

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Birdtober Day 17. Cuckoo. In flight, can be mistaken for a bird of prey such as Sparrowhawk, but has rapid wingbeats below the horizontal plane - ie. the wings are not raised above the body. They also look kinda funny, it’s not just my art ok? #birdtober #inktober #cuckoo

21/10/18 04:10

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Birdtober Day 16. Long-eared Owl. Despite their name the long erectile tufts on their head only serve a display function, so they aren’t actually ears! Owls are so hard to draw guys. #birdtober #inktober2021 #longearedowl #owl

21/10/17 04:25

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Birdtober Day 15. Chaffinch. No fact, just tired. #birdtober #inktober2021 #chaffinch

21/10/16 07:51

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Birdtober Day 14. Pied Flycatcher. These guys are unusually into polygyny, so much so there are multiple theories about why this is, including the “Sexy son" hypothesis, Deception hypothesis, and the Female aggression hypothesis. Yikes. #birdtober #inktober2021 #piedflycatcher

21/10/15 06:28

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Birdtober Day 13. A (rushed) Bullfinch. In late winter/early spring, when the supply of seeds runs low, bullfinches turn to the buds of fruiting trees. They prefer flower buds over leaf buds (more nutritious), and can eat up to 30 buds a minute. #birdtober #inktober #bullfinch

21/10/14 07:56

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Birdtober Day 12. Eurasian Jay. They often make repeated trips to collect acorns from one area and cache them elsewhere, so they play a vital role in the establishment and maintenance of the few native oak woodlands still left in Ireland. #eurasianjay #birdtober #inktober2021

21/10/13 07:26

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Birdtober Day 11. Robin. Each robin has a unique breast pattern, and can (with difficulty) be recognised individually. #robin #birdtober #inktober2021

21/10/12 07:30

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Birdtober Day 10. Long tailed tit. It’s nest is one of the most intricate made by any bird in Ireland, consisting of mosses bound together by spider webs and covered in lichens. #birdtober #inktober2021 #longtailedtit

21/10/11 05:54

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Birdtober Day 9. Kingfisher. Very territorial, if another kingfisher enters its territory, both birds ‘display’ from perches and fights may occur. One bird will grab the others beak and try to hold it under water. Damn. #birdtober #kingfisher #inktober2021

21/10/10 06:40

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Birdtober Day 7. Firecrest. A fossil ancestor of the firecrest has been identified from a single wing bone. This one had me struggling but I’m out of time… #firecrest #birdtober #inktober2021

21/10/08 07:37

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Day 4. Dipper. Their wings are relatively short but strongly muscled, enabling them to be used as flippers underwater! #dipper #birdtober #inktober2021

21/10/05 07:30

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My #sixfanarts in watercolour. We got 2B, Lady Maria, a blue chocobo, Marceline, Malden in Black, and Vivi 💕

20/04/13 01:14

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Inktober Day 25 - Long Eared Owl. Bright yellow eyes and long erectile tufts resembling ears, however only serving a display function. Nocturnal and incredibly well camouflaged, with dark shades of brown and beige in rich tawny plumage. #inktober #inktober2019 #owl #longearedowl

19/10/26 07:11

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Inktober Day 20 - Grey Heron - Single birds are often flushed when posed motionlessly at the edge of water bodies, coiled ready to strike out at unsuspecting prey with its formidable spear-like bill. #inktober #inktober2019 #greyheron

19/10/21 04:05